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by alan_cx 13y ago
The US? Im British, what about the damn UK government? We don't have a constitution to fall back on, and the human rights stuff we do have this government in particular sees as some sort of clear and present danger. Worse still, it tur
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by alan_cx 13y ago
And if they do suspect you of something, they will water-board you in a country with no human rights to stop the "ticking bomb" they use to excuse themselves. Not sure how long I'd last, TBH. If you are lucky, you'll got
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by alan_cx 13y ago
From the article: "Since I started working with Snowden's documents, I have been using GPG, Silent Circle, Tails, OTR, TrueCrypt, BleachBit, and a few other things I'm not going to write about." My take on that is that t
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UK Internet Filter Blocks VPNs, Australia to Follow Soon?(torrentfreak.com)
6 points by alan_cx 13y ago|1 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
One, I love your honesty. Two, yeah, the UK. Except it turned out we have three parties that are the same. We call them "the government".
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh yes I do. Sounds like you think the IRA were freedom fighters. Did you donate? So, what is your definition of "nearly". The cabinet were in a hotel that had the holy crap blown out of it. What injuries would be good enough for
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Only facebook sign in? That was the end of the experience for me.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Was it a life's ambition to find a Kit-Kat finger made of only chocolate, rendering it merely a small thin bar of chocolate? I found a half all solid chocolate finger once. Made my day!!!
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by alan_cx 13y ago
In 1984, the US funded IRA bombed the entire UK government, nearly killed them all. The UK did not invade Northern Ireland or Ireland. The police investigated, made arrests and people were convicted. Acting humanely is not that hard.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This line falls apart because people will rightly argue over what is a sport. If we then include chess, then why not programming? Or education in general? Education is not competitive, but we can compare and rank. In the end it all becomes
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Perhaps you underestimate how incredibly small the margins are in sport?
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Boffins follow TOR breadcrumbs to identify users(theregister.co.uk)
3 points by alan_cx 13y ago|0 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Sex sells. If its good enough to flog cars and energy drinks, why not at least use it for something worthy? Stupid question: If a pornographic imagery some how increased the likely hood of help or even peace to Syria, should people use it s
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I have always thought that a lot of so called strong female characters in TV and movies are essentially, to a greater and lesser degree, a male submissive fantasy, and nothing to do with feminism or equal status. The trick to getting it rig
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by alan_cx 13y ago
By leave, I suspect people mean get a new job then leave. Getting fired means a possible period of unemployment, and that may well be a problem.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Would you believe such a test?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
In a way then, why aren't lawyers under the same kind of threat? Don't they advise people in order to avoid incriminating themselves?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Is this anything like: http://www.justinwilsonplc.com/index.asp
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Why no appreciation of the apology? If all people are going to do is find fault with people apologizing, why bother? How should Tumblr reacted? What are they supposed to do?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Big business buying your presidency isnt?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I though it was just the "World Edition" we get in the UK?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Because there is no reason for it to be secret?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Enough........ By your logic, no position in a business know about business apart from oh so clever programmers? Oh please. Look across HN at the threads about the psychology, depression, and so on. Programmers and some of the most insular
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Earth life 'may have come from Mars'(bbc.co.uk)
11 points by alan_cx 13y ago|1 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I'm British, I'm very much in to my comedy, I reckon we Brits do the best comedy, and....... I cannot begin to recommend Louis CK enough. For me, he is one of the best of his generation, including any one we Brits have. I personal
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, so who hired the bad HR staff then? The founders? The programmers? The investors? Who put them there, apparently unqualified and unspecified?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Most technical types are disconnected from the realities of sales, marketing, finance, law, etc, etc
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This has nothing to do with HR, but everything to do with the power HR was given by the directors, or what ever. Good, well positioned HR staff are invaluable. I wonder how many times technical staff have had hiring lumped on them, and got
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Trivial? I've seen business go bust as a result of this sort of negligence. BTW, suing for wrong doing is NOT parasitic. Its often the only recourse avaliable with bad employers
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, no bad programmers, drivers, receptionists, sales people, accountants........ just HR people. Dunno what HR does in the US, but here in the UK I know a lot of cases where a decent HR person would have saved companies millions in payouts

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